From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id b589e47c for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 09AFF94667; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:06:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6398994666; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:06:16 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="TLv1Ld4p"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 67B1094666; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:06:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qt1-f174.google.com (mail-qt1-f174.google.com [209.85.160.174]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 987DC93D29 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:06:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qt1-f174.google.com with SMTP id i7so16170082qtj.10 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:06:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Uh2ldCzEf9+rDWkA7qwB5l84jnlOokliWyJLcMwHQjw=; b=TLv1Ld4psRI3vSCjT5KDyuhyyoIojx1aic9P0V8N1W5GrwtJ4kNUwdejvuiyKb944j AmclcSXv+c95+D2VAPmtk0j6UGO8c4cVP5kCYMq3NHK4++Z637Pd3WQux1StgXoFFXeh nESDxyIohV7wcKIh98lS3nARwhdMO4V+5go/8= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Uh2ldCzEf9+rDWkA7qwB5l84jnlOokliWyJLcMwHQjw=; b=e4XIKh6eFf9vNZbi/CDatcbNYdtrh64msB1Yc6cfpmAcLmssbl1RIY+a4VoHaP4tGa M42DsICOnoYVIYXryY/A5/NWK8iC6/S0ZISBLiJetAmfyfGhEnI4mmchj3AiXbh4Xfwx qxGLq/uiGgkmnVIyh4AANVCsTBYFLjCjjinpH7tc/61DEfefn3CMfQ1DkglJTxwWPccB 0wUC2oLIC+rCzCYrXzyGmbs7C8pTSWuA3SWQHa5apx3lJ1mgbQrDSzypzs+n42e9YQeL TW63y8wqqlwyRZdLPIaM2oCclJm0KlQLq4LMtv8D8bPkdE98E8FtoLmPtbTiwSSLrBHd atxg== X-Gm-Message-State: AJcUukcIXKmTh/hhTt3PmvK4hnSzq1qNETbxOVizIQr9X/fZrYXw2Prg G0XxoooqKHc0T/coVuHIU2QmQnHaZ3WIZw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ALg8bN7J5+AjEUV8pgKi+ZeKjsgIhFJS97DyK20N3naHWR/1I9wp4HlH1dfuM+0OO1XclgiWIQ2KSA== X-Received: by 2002:a37:6084:: with SMTP id u126mr10894540qkb.118.1547165171255; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:06:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.10.108] (pool-173-48-42-254.bstnma.fios.verizon.net. [173.48.42.254]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v186sm32566775qkd.13.2019.01.10.16.06.10 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:06:10 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) From: Clem cole X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (16C104) In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:06:08 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Dave Horsfall Subject: Re: [TUHS] Happy birthday, C.A.R. Hoare! X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Dave. The w in Algolw was Wirth. He was at Stanford at the time. It was wr= itten in PL/360 btw. The sources are googlable. FWIW Pascal was done a c= ouple of years later with lessons learned from Algolw and reaction to Algol6= 8. =20 Sent from my PDP-7 Running UNIX V0 expect things to be almost but not quite.= =20 > On Jan 10, 2019, at 6:52 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: >=20 > [Not sure whether this is more appropriate for COFF instead, so it's here;= advice (apart from STFU) gratefully accepted.) >=20 > Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare FRS FREng was born on this day in 1934; a= computer pioneer (one of the greats) he gave us things like the quicksort a= lgorithm (which became qsort() in Unix) and ALGOLW (a neat language). >=20 > -- Dave